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Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2023-24 revision of our top 50 Boston Bruins.

As for all of our top 50 players in hockey, we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Hockey League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Bruins had another outstanding regular season but only made it to the second round. With their talent, this was considered a disappointment.  There were no new entrants and multiple elevations.

As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes:

1. Bobby Orr
2. Eddie Shore
3. Ray Bourque
4. Phil Esposito
5. Patrice Bergeron

You can find the entire list here.

Forward Brad Marchand, who had a good year, was unable to get past last season’s rank of #11.

David Pastrnak, who was a Second Team All-Star last season, advanced to #14 from #18.

Defenseman Charlie McAvoy edged up one spot to #35.

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022/23 revision of our top 50 Boston Bruins.

As for all of our top 50 players in hockey we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Hockey League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Boston Bruins set a record with the most Points accumulated by a team, but they were stunned with a first round exit.  Based on last season, we see a new entrant to the top five, with a few other fluctuations.  There was also one new entrant.

As always, we present our top five, which saw a new number five:

1. Bobby Orr

2. Eddie Shore

3. Ray Bourque

4. Phil Esposito

5. Patrice Bergeron

You can find the entire list here.

The now retired Bergeron, who won his record Sixth Frank J. Selke Award last year, moved ahead of Milt Schmidt for the top five.

Three-time postseason All-Star, Brad Marchand, climbed to #11 from #14.

David Pastrnak, who was named a First Team All-Star last year, shot up thirteen places to #18.

David Krejci, who returned for one final season, advanced from #35 to #33.

Defenseman, Charlie McAvoy, is the lone debut.  He enters at #36.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present the third revision of our top 50 Boston Bruins of all-time.

As for all of our top 50 players in hockey we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Hockey League. 

3. Playoff accomplishments.

4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

This is the second revision, and our first in two years.

The complete list can be found here, but as always we announce our top five in this article.  They are:

1. Bobby Orr

2. Eddie Shore

3. Ray Bourque

4. Phil Esposito

5. Milt Schmidt

The top five remains unaltered from our initial rank but there are some significant jumps and three new entries.

Zdeno Chara cracks the top ten, moving from #11 to #9.  Goalie, Tuukka Rask moves from #36 to #30.

The three new ranked players are Brad Marchand (#32), David Pastrnak (#38) and Torey Krug (#42).

We admit to erring that Marchand should have been ranked three years ago.

We welcome your input and commentsand as always, we thank you for your support.

11. Brad Marchand

As of this writing, Brad Marchand playing the best hockey of his life where he has been a post-season All-Star in four of the last seven years.  In the 2016-17 campaign, he was named a First Team All-Star while scoring 85 Points, good enough for fifth overall in the NHL.  Worth noting is that Marchand had four consecutive 35 Goal seasons (2015-16 to 2018-19) and in 2021-22, retrned to the 30 Goal mark